Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14382576 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AGAINST DUMPSTER BY FRONT END LOADER

Accident Summary Nr: 14382576 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 02/07/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100082502	02/07/1986	4953	0	Petrochem Services, Inc.

Abstract: THE EMPLOYEES WERE USING A FRONT END LOADER TO MOVE A DUMPSTER. AFTER IT WAS MOVED ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES REMOVED THE CHAIN FROM HIS SIDE OF THE BUCKET. EMPLOYEE #1, LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUCKET, THOUGHT THE OPERATOR WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO UNHOOK THE CHAIN FROM HIS SIDE OF THE DUMPSTER. WHEN HE WENT BETWEEN THE DUMPSTER AND THE BUCKET TO UNHOOK THE CHAIN, THE BUCKET STARTED RAISING. THE BUCKET STRUCK HIM AND KNOCKED HIM AGAINST THE DUMPSTER. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, DUMPSTER, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100082502			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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